Re: PCC, was Compiler Design + feedback

"Jonathan Thornburg" <jthorn@astro.indiana.edu>
25 Apr 2009 17:36:50 GMT

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From: "Jonathan Thornburg" <jthorn@astro.indiana.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 25 Apr 2009 17:36:50 GMT
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 09-04-044 09-04-046 09-04-048
Keywords: history, C
Posted-Date: 25 Apr 2009 14:54:35 EDT

Philip Herron <herron.philip@googlemail.com> wrote:
> But i was also wondering are there any 'young' compiler projects. As
> in ones less mature and easier to get involved in rather than gcc. It
> might give me more experience to be able to learn more.


Anders Magnusson is leading an effort to revive Stephen Johnson's
old "Portable C Compiler". According to the project website
    http://pcc.ludd.ltu.se/
"The project goal is to write a C99 compiler while still keeping it
small, simple, fast and understandable.".


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      "C++ is to programming as sex is to reproduction. Better ways might
        technically exist but they're not nearly as much fun." -- Nikolai Irgens



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